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24/06/2009
22/06/2009
Languages of the wider world
previous seminars :
Globalisation and Language Teaching Dr David Block (Institute of Education, University of London)
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Globalisation and Language Teaching Dr David Block (Institute of Education, University of London)
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Arabic Free Downloads
Arabic Free Downloads
Message from the author:
Here and upon many requests from students and researchers of Arabic language and Middle Eastern studies, I would like to offer you -my guests- free samples from my books (still working on them). I hope you'll find them useful, and please feel free to give them away to any one interested. Naturally, I will appreciate any feedback, especially from specialists and teachers even if they disagree. I know, writing about Arabic is like in Europe when they started to translate and re-interpret the bible some six or seven centuries ago!
The downloads are mostly files in "pdf" format. This means you need the program Acrobat Reader to open them. If you don't have it, click here to download it. For us, the best thing in this file format is that, unlike word processors or text editors that need Arabic version to read Arabic, it can read Arabic without having the Arabic version of the program.
Problems of Spoken-Written Arabic
A basic analysis of the problems of the Arabic language duality that started in the nineteenth century. The analysis includes the difficulties which non-natives face when learning Arabic along with historical, political and cultural background explanation. It also includes dialects map and vocabulary and language comparison.
Arabic Plural System
It includes Spoken and Written, regular and irregular, nouns and adjectives etc.
Grammatical Comparison
A basic comparison includes Verb conjugation, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns and question markers.
The Arabic Keyboard
How to type the extra Arabic letters, symbols and vowels that are not written on the keyboard buttons.
Cultural Duality
Aspects of Cultural Duality in the Arab World.
Vocabulary Analysis
Separation between Form and Functions
Words Blending
words blending and synthesis are produced by combing parts of other words, as in English Smog and Smoke and Fog, it is found in Arabic as well as many other world languages.
The Arabic Idioms
Maybe the best in this list. It is originally from my dictionary The Art Of Speech.
Key Expression in the Arab Press
Message from the author:
Here and upon many requests from students and researchers of Arabic language and Middle Eastern studies, I would like to offer you -my guests- free samples from my books (still working on them). I hope you'll find them useful, and please feel free to give them away to any one interested. Naturally, I will appreciate any feedback, especially from specialists and teachers even if they disagree. I know, writing about Arabic is like in Europe when they started to translate and re-interpret the bible some six or seven centuries ago!
The downloads are mostly files in "pdf" format. This means you need the program Acrobat Reader to open them. If you don't have it, click here to download it. For us, the best thing in this file format is that, unlike word processors or text editors that need Arabic version to read Arabic, it can read Arabic without having the Arabic version of the program.
Problems of Spoken-Written Arabic
A basic analysis of the problems of the Arabic language duality that started in the nineteenth century. The analysis includes the difficulties which non-natives face when learning Arabic along with historical, political and cultural background explanation. It also includes dialects map and vocabulary and language comparison.
Arabic Plural System
It includes Spoken and Written, regular and irregular, nouns and adjectives etc.
Grammatical Comparison
A basic comparison includes Verb conjugation, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns and question markers.
The Arabic Keyboard
How to type the extra Arabic letters, symbols and vowels that are not written on the keyboard buttons.
Cultural Duality
Aspects of Cultural Duality in the Arab World.
Vocabulary Analysis
Separation between Form and Functions
Words Blending
words blending and synthesis are produced by combing parts of other words, as in English Smog and Smoke and Fog, it is found in Arabic as well as many other world languages.
The Arabic Idioms
Maybe the best in this list. It is originally from my dictionary The Art Of Speech.
Key Expression in the Arab Press
10/06/2009
Arabic Ta3reeb.
About ta3reeb
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I use ta3reeb to type in Arabic?
How do I correct and edit words?
How do I use the on-screen Arabic keyboard?
Does my system support ta3reeb?
Will transliteration work even without internet connectivity?
Which other languages do you support?
How can I add Google ta3reeb to my website?
How can I add Google ta3reeb to Google Custom Search?
How can I use Google ta3reeb on any website?
Is ta3reeb available in other Google services?
I have suggestions for product improvements. How do I let you know?
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I use ta3reeb to type in Arabic?
How do I correct and edit words?
How do I use the on-screen Arabic keyboard?
Does my system support ta3reeb?
Will transliteration work even without internet connectivity?
Which other languages do you support?
How can I add Google ta3reeb to my website?
How can I add Google ta3reeb to Google Custom Search?
How can I use Google ta3reeb on any website?
Is ta3reeb available in other Google services?
I have suggestions for product improvements. How do I let you know?
Google ta3reeb FAQ
Google ta3reeb FAQ
About ta3reeb
Google ta3reeb (Arabic transliteration) offers an option for converting Roman characters to Arabic characters. This lets you type Arabic words phonetically in English script and still have them appear correctly in Arabic. Note that this is not the same as translation -- it is the sound of the words that are converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. For example, typing "ta3reeb" transliterates into Arabic as: "تعريب".
Because of the nature of this system, there is no single "correct" way to write an Arabic character (e.g., "ج" might be transliterated as "j" or "g"). Normally, Arabic letters are represented by a letter (or a combination of letters) that are phonetically equivalent (or nearly equivalent) in English. For example, "ب" can be well represented as "b", "ت" as "t", "ث" as "th", and some may represent "ط" as "t". Arabic letters that do not have a close phonetic approximate in the Latin alphabet are often represented using numerals, or numerals followed by an apostrophe(`) or a single quote ('). These numerals are chosen so that they graphically approximate the corresponding Arabic letters (e.g., "ع" is represented using the numeral "3"). The following table summarizes those special numerals:
About ta3reeb
Google ta3reeb (Arabic transliteration) offers an option for converting Roman characters to Arabic characters. This lets you type Arabic words phonetically in English script and still have them appear correctly in Arabic. Note that this is not the same as translation -- it is the sound of the words that are converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. For example, typing "ta3reeb" transliterates into Arabic as: "تعريب".
Because of the nature of this system, there is no single "correct" way to write an Arabic character (e.g., "ج" might be transliterated as "j" or "g"). Normally, Arabic letters are represented by a letter (or a combination of letters) that are phonetically equivalent (or nearly equivalent) in English. For example, "ب" can be well represented as "b", "ت" as "t", "ث" as "th", and some may represent "ط" as "t". Arabic letters that do not have a close phonetic approximate in the Latin alphabet are often represented using numerals, or numerals followed by an apostrophe(`) or a single quote ('). These numerals are chosen so that they graphically approximate the corresponding Arabic letters (e.g., "ع" is represented using the numeral "3"). The following table summarizes those special numerals:
Liaison magazine | Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Publication from the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS).
Liaison magazine Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Liaison magazine Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
ebulletin: June 2009 | Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
This month's ebulletin is now available on the subject centre website at:
ebulletin: June 2009 Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
ebulletin: June 2009 Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
05/06/2009
Technology Module: Using Digital Cameras
Technology Module: Using Digital Cameras:
"Using Digital Cameras for Language Learning
Digital cameras have become the common way to record everything around us, and as such they can be a very flexible tool in the classroom. Digital cameras have become much more reasonably priced and it is very easy to download your photos to your computer. From your computer, you can manipulate them, make projects with your photos in them, upload them to the internet, and share them with the world. Students can use graphics that you have captured for them, or they can capture their own. Teachers are starting to take advantage of the 'linked in' capabilities that more and more students have, sending them out to capture what they see with their cell phones!
In this module, you will take some photos, use a free photo editing program to make changes to your photos, and then use your photos in a project. At the end of this module, you will be able to:
1. define the tool and what it can do
2. explain the various uses for the tool for language teaching and learning
3. create an activity using the tool
4. evaluate the use of the tool for your teaching circumstances"
Using Digital Images
Using Digital Images
Readings
Examples
Activities
Create
Discussion
Additional Resources
"Using Digital Cameras for Language Learning
Digital cameras have become the common way to record everything around us, and as such they can be a very flexible tool in the classroom. Digital cameras have become much more reasonably priced and it is very easy to download your photos to your computer. From your computer, you can manipulate them, make projects with your photos in them, upload them to the internet, and share them with the world. Students can use graphics that you have captured for them, or they can capture their own. Teachers are starting to take advantage of the 'linked in' capabilities that more and more students have, sending them out to capture what they see with their cell phones!
In this module, you will take some photos, use a free photo editing program to make changes to your photos, and then use your photos in a project. At the end of this module, you will be able to:
1. define the tool and what it can do
2. explain the various uses for the tool for language teaching and learning
3. create an activity using the tool
4. evaluate the use of the tool for your teaching circumstances"
Using Digital Images
Using Digital Images
Readings
Examples
Activities
Create
Discussion
Additional Resources
Hot Potatoes Home Page
Hot Potatoes Home Page
The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a licence
Introduction: Technology for Language Learning
http://www.carla.umn.edu/technology/modules/intro/index.html
There are a lot of technology tutorials online for teachers, and tech instruction is also available to teachers in their schools or districts as hands-on courses or workshops. However, much of the time those workshops and tutorials consist of generic content aimed at teaching "how to's" or the "button-pushing" skills of particular computer tools. What those generic workshops are missing is the "application" piece: in our case, the application of technology specifically for language teaching and learning.
Foreign Language Teachers' Toolbox05 Resources for Teachers:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/resources.shtml
The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a licence
Introduction: Technology for Language Learning
http://www.carla.umn.edu/technology/modules/intro/index.html
There are a lot of technology tutorials online for teachers, and tech instruction is also available to teachers in their schools or districts as hands-on courses or workshops. However, much of the time those workshops and tutorials consist of generic content aimed at teaching "how to's" or the "button-pushing" skills of particular computer tools. What those generic workshops are missing is the "application" piece: in our case, the application of technology specifically for language teaching and learning.
Foreign Language Teachers' Toolbox05 Resources for Teachers:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/resources.shtml
03/06/2009
BIAEmedia
BIAEmedia (MAIN HOME)
The BIAE is introducing Arabic Education as a Foreign Language (TAFL) as a copmplete series of instructional videos available online through BIAEmedia website. The lectures are conducted by prominent professors qualified in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language.
http://www.biaemedia.net/product_listing.php
A few teacher workshop
http://www.aldeenfoundation.org/afewteacherworkshops.html
The BIAE is introducing Arabic Education as a Foreign Language (TAFL) as a copmplete series of instructional videos available online through BIAEmedia website. The lectures are conducted by prominent professors qualified in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language.
http://www.biaemedia.net/product_listing.php
A few teacher workshop
http://www.aldeenfoundation.org/afewteacherworkshops.html
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